Largo Resources Ltd. (TSXV:LGO). Miner. Down 0.5 cents, or 1.79 per cent, to 27.5 cents on 5.9 million shares.

Companies reporting major news:

BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE). Down 46 cents, or 0.94 per cent, to $48.50 on 1.8 million shares. The telecommunications giant posted quarterly net earnings of $615 million, up 8.7 per cent from a year ago, led by growth in its wireless and media divisions. Adjusted net earnings were $626 million or 81 cents, up 4.5 per cent from a year ago and five cents better than forecast, but the company missed on revenue.

Emera (TSX:EMA). Utilities. Up three cents, or 0.09 per cent, to $34.55 on 377,129 shares. The Halifax-based energy company reported first-quarter earnings of $202.8 million, $80 million more than the same period last year. The company also says its operating revenues increased 65 per cent to $1.05 billion, compared with $638.1 million in the first quarter of 2013.

George Weston Ltd. (TSX:WN). Retail. Down 16 cents, or 0.20 per cent, to $81.86 on 239,567 shares. The company, which has been struggling as customers continue to turn away from frozen and baked goods and toward healthier food choices, posted a profit of $109 million, down 32.7 per cent, from $162 million in the same quarter of 2013. Earnings per share were 78 cents compared with $1.19 year-over-year with the Toronto company saying the decrease was due to the year-over-year unfavourable impact of the forward sale agreement for 9.6 million Loblaw common shares and a number of other items.

Sherritt International Inc. (TSX:S). Miner. Down 11 cents, or 2.40 per cent, to $4.47 on 2.9 million shares. An activist shareholder failed in his attempt get three seats on the mining company's board, even as Sherritt reported a first-quarter loss of $48.2 million, or 16 cents per diluted share. A year earlier it earned a profit of $23.1 million or eight cents per share.

WestJet (TSX:WJA). Airline. Down 55 cents, or 2.20 per cent, to $24.42 on 530,436 shares. The airline recorded quarterly net earnings of $89.3 million, or 69 cents per diluted share, compared with $91.1 million, or 69 cents a year ago. WestJet says total revenue totalled $1.042 billion, a gain of 7.7 per cent over the same period of 2013.